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Rethinking OER and their Use : Open Education as Bildung
International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2013 Despite the recent increases of interest in open education, notably in massive open online courses (MOOCs) (Fini, 2009), it has been continuously asserted that this form of social knowledge production lacks a philosophical or theoretical foundation ...
Markus Deimann, Robert Farrow
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OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (OERM) [PDF]
Network communication and Internet have expanded the way in which education can be delivered to the learners of today. Today's networking technologies provide a valuable opportunity to the practice of learning techniques.
Alexandru Stefan +2 more
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Open Educational Resources in Canada 2015
International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2015 Canada’s important areas of expertise in open educational resources (OER) are beginning to be built upon or replicated more broadly in all education and training sectors. This paper provides an overview of the state of the art in OER initiatives and open
Rory McGreal +2 more
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Evaluation of the UNESCO Recommendation Concerning Open Educational Resources [PDF]
, 2020 Stephen Downes
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Some Examples of Best Practice in Open Educational Resources [PDF]
, 2013 The examples of best practice in Open Educational Resources (OER) that follow typify a change in learning and teaching practices that has been ushered in with the development of and increased access to Information and Communication Technologies (ICT ...
Bossu, Carina, Gray, Frances
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Towards a social learning space for open educational resources [PDF]
, 2010 We identify a number of meanings of “Open”, as part of the motivating rationale for a social media space tuned for learning, called SocialLearn. We discuss why online social learning seems to be emerging so strongly at this point, explore features of ...
Buckingham Shum, Simon +1 more
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Mapping the open education landscape: citation network analysis of historical open and distance education research [PDF]
, 2018 The term open education has recently been used to refer to topics such as Open Educational Resources (OERs) and Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). Historically its roots lie in civil approaches to education and open universities, but this research is ...
DeVries, Irwin +3 more
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Extending the Territory: From Open Educational Resources to Open Educational Practices
Journal of Open, Flexible and Distance Learning, 2011 This article examines the findings of the recent OPAL report Beyond OER: Shifting Focus from Resources to Practices. In doing so, it defines current understanding of open educational resources and open educational practices, and highlights the shift from
Ulf-Daniel Ehlers
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Cost-Savings Achieved in Two Semesters Through the Adoption of Open Educational Resources
International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2014 Textbooks represent a significant portion of the overall cost of higher education in the United States. The burden of these costs is typically shouldered by students, those who support them, and the taxpayers who fund the grants and student loans which ...
John Levi Hilton III +3 more
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Open Content: when is it effective educationally? [PDF]
, 2007 Open Educational Resources (OERs) are often seen as a subset of Open Content. This raises the question of what characterises OERs and distinguishes it from other types of Open Content? And if the content is deemed educational then what makes it effective
Lane, Andrew
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